"He was right here a moment ago!" One of the younger disciples hurried over. "How did he—"
"Don't step any closer," I warned, stopping him before he got to where I was standing. "There is a space transporting spell hidden somewhere over here. I've seen similar ones at other places before. It triggers as soon as a person steps onto it, and it's capable of bringing its targets quite far away." I stomped on where the spell was on the ground, prodding it a little to feel its power flow. "Though it appears … that the portal is now closed after he went through it."
Color drained from that young disciple's face. "You mean Lin Zhe has been whisked away to someplace we don't know? And we can't follow him there either?" he gasped. "Did that devil do this? What does she want?"